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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

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Or put yet another trip to Las Vegas on the credit card. I opened a retirement account during that period, but it involved a managed fund with a 2% annual fee. My rewards credit cards were feeble, and I didn’t have a plan for using them. Why I Don’t Use Credit Card Rewards Programs.

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6 Tricks to Save More Money in 2015

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Earmark this money for an emergency fund, a new car fund, a vacation fund, whatever you would like. If you use credit cards, another great source of free money is credit card rewards. One blogger paid for a $600 Christmas thanks to the rewards she had accrued all year.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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I also opened another Capital One 360 account for our emergency fund that was also sitting in a zero-interest savings account. We have already used one of the credits for my daughter’s flight to the Midwest later this summer. 4 – Credit Card Rewards – $241.78

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